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I was watching last week's Veronica Mars when they showed Logan's e-mail address — gottapes@gmail.com — on screen, and I decided to send off a message. Would you believe he wrote me back in character?
My favorite stunt like this was on King of the Hill where they set up an actual Spank Peggy's Feet fetishist website after there was an episode which featured that very thing.
My favorite was when the BtVS writers set up a website for Cassie.
You can still find some of it on the Wayback machine: [link]
My favorite was when the BtVS writers set up a website for Chloe on geocities.
That was a good one! Am I a goob for calling the cell number Dean gave on Supernatural (to hear a recording of Dean again exhorting Dad to come help) ?
edit: just in case it counts as spoilery, as I am so clueless about keeping those rules straight.
Huh. My Tivo SAYS that Veronica Mars is on, but this looks a lot more like "Everybody Hates Chris" to me....hmph.
"uses these real e-mail accounts… [because] it's easier, and more realistic. I then set up to have a bounce-back message for fans, and there're a lot of them who write to the address.
The true original of this is 25+ years old: the novel I am the Cheese takes place in a fictional town, Monument, MA, but the phone number the protagonist is endlessly trying to call is a real one. It's the home phone number of the author, Robert Cormier, who lived in the same house for decades in Fitchburg and would talk to any kid who called him up.
Apparently, there were a lot of unhappy kids who called him -- it's a novel about loneliness and insanity -- and they would ask for the person the protagonist is calling in the book (I think her name was Mary; I've forgotten), and Bob would tell them he had created her, and the conversation would go from there.
Bob died 4 years ago (he lived to be in his late 70s), and now I'm wondering whether the phone number will be changed for new reprints.
That Logan e-mail thing pushes my must-have-fourth-wall button. How crazy am I that the thought of getting an e-mail from a fictional character freaks me out? Craxy.
But. What I came here to post was that AFI named VM one of its top ten shows of 2005: [link]
Yay. The full list for those not wishing to link:
24
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
DEADWOOD
GREY'S ANATOMY
HOUSE
LOST
RESCUE ME
SLEEPER CELL
SOMETIMES IN APRIL
VERONICA MARS
In addition, the WGA nominated NITW for episode of drama.
I was pissed, though not surprised, that VM was not nominated for a Best Drama Series Golden Globe. It's totally the best drama on TV. I mean, Arrested Development is equally unappreciated ratings-wise, but at least it gets attention from the awards!
I have now totally caught up on Veronica Mars and this thread, my work here is done, now I shall sleep till the new year.
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Man, that Logan. He loves the pain doesn't he? I was seriously surprised how upset he got when they were russian rouletting him. Perhaps there's hope for him yet.
Speaking of damaged, I also am loving Lamb.
Ahhhhh... and... uh... that's all I got. My brain, she watched a lot of TV to get here.
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You are totally welcome. Anything to make new VM watchers!